Facetious
Facetious adjective - Given to or marked by mature intelligent humor.
Silly and facetious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silly" instead an adjective "Facetious".
Nearby Word: facetiously
Both words in one sentence
- Then Michael Bowman of the Homestuck music team covered them, giving them both a facetious satirical Stylistic Suck treatment almost dripping in cheese and irony, emphasising just how incredibly silly they are.
Source: The Cover Changes the Meaning
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Silly and Facetious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/facetious/silly
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Silly or Facetious. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/facetious/silly.
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